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76 Years after Colonial Britain Scheduled a Palestinian State, UK to Recognize Palestine
Colonialism

76 Years after Colonial Britain Scheduled a Palestinian State, UK to Recognize Palestine

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Nadeem Badshah at The Guardian reports that British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to recognize a Palestinian state today, […]

Clear Conclusions: A UN Commission finds Israel Responsible for Genocide in Gaza

Clear Conclusions: A UN Commission finds Israel Responsible for Genocide in Gaza

09/21/2025 By Binoy Kampmark

Ghosts of E. Germany’s Stasi: How technology is used to supercharge Monitoring and Control

Ghosts of E. Germany’s Stasi: How technology is used to supercharge Monitoring and Control

09/21/2025 By Global Voices

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African-Americans
The *Other* Torture Report:  What the USA looks like to the World

The *Other* Torture Report: What the USA looks like to the World

(special to Informed Comment) — At long last – despite the attempts at sabotage by, and over the protests of the CIA, and notwithstanding the […]

Rebecca Gordon

Iraq
How the Iraq Wars began with the Invasion of Panama

How the Iraq Wars began with the Invasion of Panama

By Greg Grandin | (Tomdispatch.com) — As we end another year of endless war in Washington, it might be the perfect time to reflect on […]

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Entertainment
Anthony Bourdain on Iran and Beirut (Bisley Interview)

Anthony Bourdain on Iran and Beirut (Bisley Interview)

By Alexander Bisley | (Special to Informed Comment) —  “By the end of this hour I will be seen by many as a terrorist sympathizer, […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Kurds inflict first Major Defeat on Daesh/ ISIL, Rescue Yezidis of Sinjar

Kurds inflict first Major Defeat on Daesh/ ISIL, Rescue Yezidis of Sinjar

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) — The pan-Arab London daily, Al-Hayat [Life] reports that the Iraqi Kurdistan paramilitary, the Peshmerga, have taken Mt. Sinjar […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
GOP Denialism to Sink Capital: 150 Tidal Floods a Year for Washington DC by 2045

GOP Denialism to Sink Capital: 150 Tidal Floods a Year for Washington DC by 2045

Link TV | — “The eastern coast of the United States– from the Gulf of Mexico to New England — has one of the highest […]

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Dissent
Leftist Jordanians protest expected gas deal with Israel

Leftist Jordanians protest expected gas deal with Israel

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Dozens of protesters marched in the Jordanian capital of Amman on Friday to denounce a gas deal with Israel that is expected […]

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Iran
 Iran Honors Its Fallen Jewish Soldiers

Iran Honors Its Fallen Jewish Soldiers

By Frud Bezhan | (RFE/RL) | — Iran is well-known for its stinging anti-Israeli rhetoric and refusal to recognize what it calls the “Zionist regime.” […]

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Apartheid
Palestinians Under Threat In Jerusalem

Palestinians Under Threat In Jerusalem

AJ+ | — “With tensions rising in Jerusalem, hate crimes against Palestinians have increased in recent months. Mohammed lost his cousin to one such incident […]

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Israel
"Palestinian State Essential to a Democratic Israel" - Frmr Israeli President Shimon Peres

“Palestinian State Essential to a Democratic Israel” – Frmr Israeli President Shimon Peres

TeleSur | — “In France, former Israeli President Shimon Peres said that a Palestinian State is necessary in order to have a democratic Jewish state. […]

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